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ClearView Assist: Aiding the Visually Impaired in Navigating Cluttered Websites with Generative AI

Project tags:

equity & inclusion

information behavior & user research

software development

Team TechTribe identified a prevalent challenge among the blind and low vision community; navigating cluttered websites. Thus, we’ve developed a transformative solution using GenAI. Our browser extension: ClearView Assist enhances web accessibility by decluttering interfaces. By leveraging voice commands, users can articulate their browsing objectives, prompting ClearView Assist to dynamically filter out irrelevant page elements while highlighting content crucial to the user's input. This significantly reduces the time and effort required by screen readers to locate specific details and exemplifies a proactive approach to inclusive design, promoting digital equity and empowering individuals with diverse visual needs with efficient web navigation.
Project participants:

Ritika Vijay Rajpal

MSIM

Dhruv Khanna

MSIM

Menita Agarwal

MSIM

Minal Naik

MSIM